I'm going to paste in our façade ... but add that it's effectively a "non façade".

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Basically, because we're living here "forever", the future maintenance of lot of any wood & render was going to be up to us. Also because we're living here forever, anything in-fashion today is going to look old-fashioned way before we move out. So ... nothing really added for appearance purposes, it's all really there for shading purposes & is mostly brick ... it's the shape it is because of the sun, really. The twin wooden poles (which you can't really see - sorry it was Christmas ) & hand-rails are really all that should need attention in future.

I'm going to paste in our façade ... but add that it's effectively a "non façade".

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Basically, because we're living here "forever", the future maintenance of lot of any wood & render was going to be up to us. Also because we're living here forever, anything in-fashion today is going to look old-fashioned way before we move out. So ... nothing really added for appearance purposes, it's all really there for shading purposes & is mostly brick ... it's the shape it is because of the sun, really. The twin wooden poles (which you can't really see - sorry it was Christmas ) & hand-rails are really all that should need attention in future.

That's actually a really smart choice, I hadn't thought of that option. I imagine it would also be a low cost option too (both during build and in ongoing maintenance.) Thanks for the photo!

I love the dark brick with the wooden accents, they're both two things that we'd love to include.

You've got such a great contrast between the light and the dark in your facade, did you have trouble deciding?

Yes and no. I love contrast, our house is full of it! We borrowed many of the colours from the display, but definitely spent the most time at our colours appointment on the outside. I tend to agonise over decisions even when I know what I want. Bricks were the toughest, we weren't happy with our builders offerings so convinced them to let us use Austral instead (which was on the display but no longer offered), then had to fight for the dark mortar with the dark bricks because they don't normally allow it (some excuse about maintenance, I think batch consistency is more likely to be a problem). Colour girl talked us into a darker shade for the light render, but I went away and got sample pots, painted some boards and ultimately decided to stick with my gut and change it to the light colour we originally wanted. The light render has a touch of warmth to tie in with the light bricks, looks a bit dirty now that the neighbours have gone greyer. I would have liked a monument garage door but it faces west so colour girl suggested the lighter basalt to reduce rippling.

Gorgeous facade. I would have loved to have afford a nice/fancy facade but I'm lucky enough to afford a house in the first place

Thanks! I was hell bent on a skillion roof, it was my non negotiable! It wasn't nearly as expensive as it looks. I think we did well, I heard the price went up significantly not too long after we signed up because they realised they weren't charging enough. The display didn't even have the timber running all the way around the skillion, it was just on the font and returned a couple of metres around the side. When i noticed this on our drawings I kept my mouth shut in case it was a mistake!

Was going for a mid century/modern flat or near flat roofed design. Colour throughout the home is whites (titaniums, surfmists, lexicon) and greys (charcoal, stormfront) with offsets with sandstone stone walls from the Pilbara region of WA. Like ⋅ 1 comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Share

Was going for a mid century/modern flat or near flat roofed design. Colour throughout the home is whites (titaniums, surfmists, lexicon) and greys (charcoal, stormfront) with offsets with sandstone stone walls from the Pilbara region of WA. Like ⋅ 1 comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Share

That is beautiful! Exactly what we were hoping to get originally but I'm not sure if our house design just didn't lend itself to all of the flat angles, but we couldn't.

Did you consider white window frames instead of black? We're tossing up between black or white. I prefer the black, my partner the white.

Was going for a mid century/modern flat or near flat roofed design. Colour throughout the home is whites (titaniums, surfmists, lexicon) and greys (charcoal, stormfront) with offsets with sandstone stone walls from the Pilbara region of WA. Like ⋅ 1 comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Share

Was going for a mid century/modern flat or near flat roofed design. Colour throughout the home is whites (titaniums, surfmists, lexicon) and greys (charcoal, stormfront) with offsets with sandstone stone walls from the Pilbara region of WA. Like ⋅ 1 comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Share